Imagine Mr Tickle... Covered in Swastikas ('that should be a film' week) - That Was Genius Episode 17

Talk about a historical epic: Episode 17 is all about events which should have been made into films, but aren't!

Sam discusses the battle for Itter Schloss (the only time the Germans and US fought on the same side in WW2, alongside a load of retired French Prime Ministers).

Meanwhile, Tom discusses the other side of the Scottish War of Independence. The side Mel Gibson didn't want you to see... The interesting side.

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Welcome to That Was Genius: Two blokes. A 12-hour time difference. An immature sense of humour. And 10,000 years of human civilisation. A weekly podcast looking at the weirder side of history.

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